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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The way the management treats its associates is exactly how they will treat who?
(a) The executives.
(b) Their customers.
(c) Other managers.
(d) Sam.

2. Ever since Sam took out his first bank loan, he has not been comfortable or happy with ___________.
(a) Debt.
(b) Spending.
(c) Money.
(d) Banks.

3. In 1939, he meets Hugh Mattingly who owns _____________.
(a) The first Wal-Mart.
(b) A discount store chain with 40 stores.
(c) A Ben Franklin store in town.
(d) A variety store chain with 60 stores.

4. What is significant about Sam's bet regarding being an Eagle Scout?
(a) He helped his sons become Eagle Scouts.
(b) He never truly wanted to be a Boy Scout.
(c) He is the youngest in the state of Missouri at the time.
(d) He never became an Eagle Scout.

5. Although there have been a number of changes in the Wal-Mart industry over the years, the Walton family still collectively owns __________ of their own business, which is rare for a major corporation.
(a) 38 percent.
(b) 58 percent.
(c) 48 percent.
(d) 68 percent.

6. Don is a good example of another one of Sam's top talents. What is this talent?
(a) Choosing great leaders.
(b) Choosing great advertisers.
(c) Choosing great managers.
(d) Choosing great employees.

7. Sam and Charlie create the _______ self-service style variety store in the country and the first one in the eight-state area.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

8. Sam's appreciation for the dollar is further ingrained when he meets ______________.
(a) His wife's father, L.S. Robson.
(b) His first boss.
(c) His wife.
(d) His uncle, L.S. Robson.

9. Sam is always looking for new and different ways to do things and takes great pleasure in ___________.
(a) Following trends.
(b) Researching trends.
(c) Bucking trends.
(d) Starting trends.

10. The one mistake that Helen cannot forgive Sam for _________________.
(a) Not becoming an insurance salesman.
(b) Being a businessman.
(c) Not making enough money.
(d) Letting the company go public and becoming the richest man in the country.

11. Sam purchases ____________ that only travels about 100 miles an hour.
(a) A little car.
(b) A bus.
(c) A little plane.
(d) A helicopter.

12. Sam attends the University of Missouri since he is already well-known in Columbia and joins what fraternity?
(a) Beta Tau Beta.
(b) Sigma Phi Epsilon.
(c) Beta Theta Pi.
(d) Phi Tau.

13. What would Sam do when he would drop Alice off at a horse show?
(a) He would sit at the top of the grand stand and cheer her on.
(b) He would sit in the car and wait for her to finish.
(c) He would help her get ready.
(d) He would sneak off to check out other stores for competition.

14. Sam's father, Thomas Gibson Walton, is a very hard worker who was later remembered for _____________.
(a) His loving personality.
(b) His honesty and integrity.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His quiet demeanor.

15. When he is 14, Sam saves a boy from ____________.
(a) Drowning.
(b) Getting hit by a car.
(c) A wild boar.
(d) Starving to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helen had to help Sam sign the notes to secure all the money and by the time it was ready, what had happened?

2. Unions have tried to organize at Wal-Mart. Have they been successful?

3. Sam enlists the help of Charlie Baum, whom he met ______________.

4. Sam is not interested in retail because __________________.

5. Before Wal-Mart, what did the Waltons like to do?

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